The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has opened up the Indian capital markets to clients of global private banks, which can invest in stocks without having to go through registration or compliance requirements.

Until now, foreign banks were allowed to do propriety trades only. However, now they have been allowed to invest in domestic securities on behalf of their clients.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is planning to launch Chandrayan-2 Mission around April this year. Chandrayaan-2 is the country's second mission to the moon.

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is planning to launch Chandrayan-2 Mission around April this year.

Reliance Industries’ (RIL) wholly owned subsidiary Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings (RIIHL) proposes to acquire equity shares of The Indian Film Combine (IFC), for `1,105 crore, according to a statement on stock exchanges. As part of the transaction, RIIHL will be acquiring 65% of current paid-up equity share capital of IFC from the existing shareholders. This will include 20% from the Mauritian arm of Xander Group Inc based in the US for `340 crore and 45% from entities belonging to the promoter group of RIL for `765 crore.

Hinduja flagship commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland has been granted a patent for its invention related to a technology for real-time road slope estimation, which could be used in predictive systems for improving fuel economy of vehicles.

The company’s invention comprises an apparatus for estimation of slope of the road taken by vehicles and by anticipating the upcoming road profile, fuel tank sensors could flag off required actions to save fuel.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Friday issued regulations on predatory pricing, which imposes a penalty of up to `50 lakh per circle on mobile operators if they are found to indulge in such practices. While the regulator has defined predatory pricing for the first time, it won’t affect the existing players in any manner as far as their current tariffs have been designed.

Reliance Jio has tied up with 22 handset manufacturers and will offer to new as well as existing subscribers cash back of `2,200 if they purchase a smartphone and recharge it with the operator’s `198 or `299 plans.

The operator accounts for 50% of the 4G handsets market share and through the ‘Football Offer’, it aims at increasing its subscriber market share.

Self-drive car rental start-up Zoomcar has raised $40 million in a Series C funding round led by auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M). The funding round also saw participation from existing investors. M&M will be investing `176 crore for a near 16% stake in the company.

The investment by M&M assumes significance given recent comments by its chairman Anand Mahindra in support of shared mobility.

State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday put on sale loans worth 1,935.62 crore to 24 different entities. It has sought bids for these from asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) on cash basis or a mix of cash and security receipts (SRs), according to a sale document. Bidding will be held on the bank’s e-auction platform.

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the country’s largest insurer and the biggest life insurer, has invested `70,000 crore in equities till the end of the third quarter ended December 31, 2017, and it plans to invest another `10,000 crore before the end of the financial year.

The insurer had slowed investments in equities in December and January as markets were at elevated levels. But with recent corrections, LIC has resumed its equity purchases.

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Friday said it has given its consent to Facebook-owned WhatsApp to roll out Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-enabled payments for a beta launch, with a limited user base of one million and a low per-transaction limit. NPCI did not specify what the per-transaction limit permissible for WhatsApp is.

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